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Health care for older immigrants gains momentum among statesJuly 24, 2021 at 3:59 PM By SOPHIA TAREEN | Associated Press
CHICAGO — Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer.
The Chicago woman’s last full medical exam was in 2015 and she sees no options for care as a Mexican immigrant without permission to live in the U.S. She’s not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. As a child care worker, she didn’t have employer coverage. Sh...Tags: Health, New York, News, California, Mexico, Oregon, America, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, Healthcare, Affordable Care Act, World Health Organization, Associated Press, Biden, Illinois 27 people like this. Like Drug testing job candidates is decreasing in Southern CaliforniaJuly 23, 2021 at 4:33 PM  Tags: Health, Amazon, Jobs, News, California, Drugs, Washington, Mexico, Government, Marijuana, Sport, Fbi, Cannabis, Soccer, Biden, Orange County 137 people like this. Like Drug testing for job candidates is decreasing in Southern CaliforniaJuly 23, 2021 at 4:33 PM Tags: Health, Amazon, Jobs, News, California, Drugs, Washington, Mexico, Government, Marijuana, Sport, Fbi, Cannabis, Soccer, Biden, Orange County 50 people like this. Like California to feed 6.2 million students in largest free school lunch program in USJuly 19, 2021 at 1:48 PM By JOCELYN GECKER | The Associated Press
When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family’s income.
The undertaking, made possible by an unexpected budget surplus, will be the largest free student lunch program in the country. School officials, lawmakers, anti-hunger organizations and parents are applauding it as a pioneering way to prevent the stigma of accepting free lunc...Tags: Health, News, Education, California, US, California News, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, Maine, Lausd, Biden, Berkeley, Oakley, Trump, Northern California 23 people like this. Like Biden’s July executive order includes drug pricing provisions. But will they do enough?July 19, 2021 at 10:05 AM President Joe Biden's executive order of July 9 included various steps toward making good on campaign promises to take on pharmaceutical companies by allowing the importation of prescription drugs and curbing the high cost of medicines.Tags: Health, Joe Biden, Biden 14 people like this. Like Surgeon General doubles down on criticism of social media, says companies like Facebook need to 'take responsibility' for COVID-19 misinformationJuly 18, 2021 at 11:33 AM Tags: Health, Facebook, Politics, Nbc News, US, Trends, Social Media, Joe Biden, Healthcare, Fox News, Vaccinations, Biden, Misinformation, Vivek Murthy, Fox News Chris Wallace, Murthy 61 people like this. Like In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is keyJuly 16, 2021 at 2:22 PM John Flavin
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Kevin A. O'Connor, Ph.D., is a partner in the Intellectual Property pr...Tags: Health, Startups, Column, Entrepreneurship, Tech, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Intellectual Property, Biotech, Biden, Biotechnology, Start, Patent Law, Intellectual Property Law, John Flavin, Kevin O'Connor 11 people like this. Like Can Biden’s plan to remove urban highways improve the health of American cities?July 15, 2021 at 6:39 AM Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland. It's the fruit of a grassroots neighborhood campaign to block reconstruction of an elevated freeway leveled by the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 and reimagine the thoroughfare to replace it.Tags: Health, Biden, West Oakland, Loma Prieta, Mandela Parkway 15 people like this. Like Gov. Newsom, LA County officials gather to trumpet $262 billion state budgetJuly 13, 2021 at 9:02 PM  Tags: Health, Politics, News, Education, California, Government, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Legislation, Conservative, Sport, Turkey, Joe Biden, Soccer, South Africa, San Diego 149 people like this. Like KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Becerra urges Congress to expand Medicare, address Rx pricesJuly 13, 2021 at 6:37 PM The Biden administration stands ready to work with Congress to address drug prices and expand Medicare, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a wide-ranging interview with "What the Health?" on Tuesday.Tags: Health, Congress, Medicare, Biden, Xavier Becerra, KHN, Becerra, Medicare Health and Human Services 33 people like this. Like As Congress wrestles with plans to expand Medicare, Becerra says any one will doJuly 13, 2021 at 6:34 PM The Biden administration will support whatever expansions to Medicare Congress is willing to make, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Tuesday.Tags: Health, Congress, Biden, Health And Human Services, Xavier Becerra, Medicare congress, Medicare Becerra 39 people like this. Like Biden is caught in the middle of polarizing abortion politicsJuly 12, 2021 at 7:58 AM It took five months for the Biden administration to make a substantive policy change to advance abortion rights. And even that change was buried in a 61-page regulation setting rules for 2022's Affordable Care Act enrollment.Tags: Health, Biden 29 people like this. Like Fauci urges anti-vaxxers to 'realize that the common enemy is the virus'July 4, 2021 at 9:00 AM Tags: Health, Science, News, White House, US, Trends, Joe Biden, United States, Biden, Meet The Press, Anthony Fauci, Fauci, NBC s Meet the Press, Anti-vaxxers, Anti-vaxx, Coronavirus 109 people like this. Like Mark Zuckerberg knows how bad Facebook's misinformation problem is because the White House has told him directlyJuly 1, 2021 at 4:00 PM Tags: Health, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Politics, Science, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, New York Times, World Health Organization, Vaccine, Vaccines, Biden, Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg, Misinformation 148 people like this. Like Free KevinMD webinar: Biden’s Tax Proposal and Effects on Estate and Income Tax Planning for PhysiciansJune 28, 2021 at 3:00 PM  Tags: Health, Finance, Biden, Practice Management, PA NP, CRNA, Income Tax Planning for Physicians, Wall Street Alliance Group, Syed Nishat, Aadil Zaman, Wall Street Alliance Group Read 79 people like this. Like Biden quietly transforms Medicaid safety netJune 24, 2021 at 9:01 AM The Biden administration is quietly engineering a series of expansions to Medicaid that may bolster protections for millions of low-income Americans and bring more people into the program.Tags: Health, Biden, Medicaid 41 people like this. Like LADWP unveils ‘Racial Equity Action Plan’ in response to Garcetti’s directiveJune 22, 2021 at 10:44 PM The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Tuesday, June 22, unveiled a plan to advance racial equity within its own ranks and programs in response to an executive directive issued by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
LADWP’s “Racial Equity Action Plan,” which was partly unveiled at the LADWP Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, includes launching a workforce development initiative to create good paying jobs and career opportunities for communities that have been historically disadvantaged.
“The dep...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Biden, Social Justice, Eric Garcetti, Tulsa, Bruce, state Senate, Garcetti 45 people like this. Like LAUSD superintendent reminds families about child tax creditJune 21, 2021 at 1:23 PM Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said on Monday, June 21, that most families served by the school district qualify for the federal Child Tax Credit.
“More than 80% of the families we serve, as well as a considerable number of Los Angeles Unified employees, are eligible to receive money under this program,” Beutner said. “We want to help the half-million families we serve receive the Child Tax Credit, which can provide them with up to $3,600 per child to help them make ends meet....Tags: Health, News, Education, Government, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Lausd, Biden, Child Tax Credit, Los Angeles Unified, Austin Beutner, Beutner, Jimmy Gomez, Top Stories LADN 20 people like this. Like ‘Two Americas’ may emerge as Delta variant spreads and vaccination rates dropJune 20, 2021 at 10:27 AM Biden’s 70% vaccination target by Fourth of July likely to fall short as efforts to entice people to get shots have lost their initial impact With Covid vaccination penetration in the US likely to fall short of Joe Biden’s 70% by Fourth of July target, pandemic analysts are warning that vaccine incentives are losing traction and that “two Americas” may emerge as the aggressive Delta variant becomes the dominant US strain.Efforts to boost vaccination rates have come through a variety of incentive...Tags: Health, Science, US, Joe Biden, US news, US politics, Vaccines and immunisation, Biden, Coronavirus 19 people like this. Like Biden threatened with communion ban over position on abortionJune 19, 2021 at 1:36 PM US bishops vote to stop pro-choice Catholics receiving eucharistRoman Catholic bishops in the US have voted to press ahead with moves that could result in Joe Biden being banned from receiving communion because of his stance on abortion, and that risks increasing tensions in a divided church.After three days of online debate, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted by three to one to draft new guidance on the eucharist. The unexpected strength of support for the move among the bishop...Tags: Health, Religion, Women, US, Society, World news, Joe Biden, US news, Catholicism, Pope Francis, Christianity, Vatican, The papacy, Abortion, Catholic, Biden 31 people like this. Like LA City Councilman Mike Bonin served recall noticeJune 15, 2021 at 6:41 PM Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin was served with a recall notice on Tuesday, June 15, making him the second progressive council member to be the target of a recall effort in less than a week.
“This recall campaign is an extravagant waste of taxpayer money, a thinly disguised attempt to derail my efforts to provide real solutions to our homelessness crisis, and the latest in a series of recall attempts to silence strong progressive voices,” Bonin said in a statement released Tuesday afterno...Tags: Health, Business, Politics, Hollywood, News, Supreme Court, Putin, Government, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, Sport, Ap, Soccer, Community, Homeless, Geneva 35 people like this. Like Why middle-aged Americans are struggling the most with their physical and mental health - and what other nations are doing betterJune 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM Tags: Health, Wellness, Mexico, Germany, US, America, Trends, Childcare, Stress, Mental Health, United Kingdom, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Biden, Midlife, Nordic 80 people like this. Like G7 summit: Boris Johnson praises Joe Biden as ‘breath of fresh air’ after talks – as it happenedJune 10, 2021 at 2:01 PM Latest updates: prime minister welcomes US president’s desire to work with UK on issues such as security and climate crisisBrexit rains on Boris Johnson’s G7 paradeJohnson must respect rule of law and implement Brexit deal, says EUG7 leaders ‘will call for fresh WHO inquiry into Covid origins’Coronavirus – latest global updates 7.01pm BST The president and the prime minister set out a global vision in a new Atlantic Charter to deepen cooperation in democracy and human rights, defence and sec...Tags: Health, Politics, UK, Washington, US, UK News, Joe Biden, US news, Foreign Policy, Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson, Pfizer, Johnson, Biden, G7 29 people like this. Like G7 summit live: Boris Johnson praises Joe Biden as ‘breath of fresh air’ after talksJune 10, 2021 at 1:24 PM Latest updates: US president arrives in Carbis Bay as world leaders assemble for in-person G7 summitBrexit rains on Boris Johnson’s G7 paradeJohnson must respect rule of law and implement Brexit deal, says EUG7 leaders ‘will call for fresh WHO inquiry into Covid origins’Coronavirus – latest global updates 6.24pm BST Asked if President Biden urged him to speed up implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol in their talks, Boris Johnson said Biden did not do that. But he said that all side...Tags: Health, Europe, Politics, UK, US, Eu, UK News, Joe Biden, US news, Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Northern Ireland, Social Care, Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson, Belfast 49 people like this. Like G7 summit live: Joe Biden meets Boris Johnson in Cornwall ahead of world leaders’ talksJune 10, 2021 at 11:11 AM Latest updates: US president arrives in Carbis Bay as world leaders assemble for in-person G7 summitBrexit rains on Boris Johnson’s G7 paradeJohnson must respect rule of law and implement Brexit deal, says EUG7 leaders ‘will call for fresh WHO inquiry into Covid origins’Coronavirus – latest global updates 4.11pm BST PA Media has filed on the pleasantries exchanged when Boris Johnson and Joe Biden posed for pictures at Carbis Bay with reporters and cameras in the room. Biden said:I told the p...Tags: Health, Politics, US, America, Bloomberg, UK News, Joe Biden, US news, Foreign Policy, Social Care, Cornwall, Jeremy Hunt, Boris Johnson, Biden, G7, Greg Clark 13 people like this. Like Unused Johnson & Johnson Covid doses are piling up as FDA waits to see if shelf life can be extendedJune 8, 2021 at 9:50 PM The Biden administration is encouraging states to hold on to hundreds of thousands of soon-to-expire Covid vaccine doses from Johnson & Johnson, given the possibility that additional data will show the shots are viable beyond their expiration date at month's end.Tags: Health, Fda, Johnson, Biden, Johnson Johnson, Johnson Covid 34 people like this. Like Less than half of Americans who don't plan to get vaccinated have worn a mask recently, according to a new surveyJune 7, 2021 at 12:26 PM Tags: Health, Science, Cdc, Masks, America, Trends, Healthcare, Biden, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Americans, Gallup, Centers for Disease Control, Ohio Statehouse, Walmart Starbucks, Ben Gilbert, Pandemic 81 people like this. Like Covid was a tipping point for telehealth. If some have their way, Virtual visits are here to stay.June 7, 2021 at 8:05 AM As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and the Biden administration to preserve the pandemic-fueled expansion of telehealth that has transformed how millions of Americans see the doctor.Tags: Health, Congress, Biden, COVID 6 people like this. Like LA County will close large coronavirus vaccine sites, transition to smaller locationsJune 3, 2021 at 8:40 PM LOS ANGELES >> In another sign of reduced demand for COVID-19 vaccinations, Los Angeles County announced on Thursday, June 3 it will close its four large-scale vaccine sites in coming weeks and transition them to smaller, community sites.
“We remain committed on getting vaccine into neighborhoods where we can continue to reach people who may have limited ability or time to get to large vaccination sites,” according to a statement from the county Department of Public Health.
The closures will beg...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Environment, US, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Biden, Pasadena, Ucla, St John 32 people like this. Like Council President Nury Martinez knocks on doors to spread word about coronavirus vaccineJune 3, 2021 at 8:48 PM  Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, Government, US, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Community, Vaccinations, Pfizer, Biden, Ucla, LA Kings, Martinez 82 people like this. Like |
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